[C19fan]

I imagine the Papa John's guy did not give a cent for the buyout since Louisville disowned him. Where did Louisville come up with $14+ MM for a buyout. Did Adidas send over a truck load of cash?

[yarddog]

Louisville must not have very good lawyers.

That sounds really high for them. I can’t imagine many coaches wanting to walk into that situation but I guess they will find one.

[canuck_conservative]

Wait a minute, you get FIRED and you MAKE $14 million dollars ... how do I get one of these gigs??

[deport]

Petrino is 77–35 over nine years at Louisville.
He has the second-most wins in program history,
trailing only Frank Camp.

68.75 winning percentage

[Tax-chick]

Enjoy your football, Kentucky taxpayers.

[Rummyfan]

Louisville fired head coach Bobby Petrino on Sunday, the school annonced. The Cardinals are 2–8 in 2018, losing 54-23 to Syracuse on Friday. Petrino's buyout is "estimated to be in the $14 million range" per Forde.

Why do colleges sign on for these ridiculous buy-out amounts? Petrino had what one could charitably call, baggage. Still they hired him.

It cost the University of Maryland $5M to fire DJ Durkin after one of his players died.

[Prince Caspian]

I suspect very few people can consistently work as hard as one needs to work to succeed at the level fans expect at a top tier football program, and maintain that intensity and focus for 20 or 30 years. So, if you don’t want to burn yourself out (get divorced, never see your kids, etc.) and have interests in life besides football, the trick appears to be to work your butt off for 5-10 years to get hired at a top program. Work hard for another 5 years until you’ve locked in a huge buyout. Then slack off, get fired, collect your buyout checks, and enjoy life.